{"id":382,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"cells-stem-from?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"Cells stem from?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Cells: the Basic Building Blocks of all living things <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There are about 100 trillion cells in the human flora (skin, gut, etc.) of which 90% are <a href=\"?p=502\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">bacteria<\/span><\/a>, mostly rendered harmless by the <a href=\"?p=923\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">immune system<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Each cell has an electrical potential of 1.17 V. The remaining 10 trillion body cells have an accumulated electrical potential of 11.700.000.000.000 Volts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">These 10 trillion cells contain more than 200 different types that vary in size, shape, and function. They:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">duplicate themselves,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">take in nutrients from food, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">provide structure for the body, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">carry out specialized functions, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">convert the nutrients into energy, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">contain the body&rsquo;s hereditary material.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The genetic information contained in the DNA of our cells determines their structure and function, by indicating which proteins to create when. This detailed information is passed on from parent cell to <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">daughter cell<\/span> whenever a cell divides.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">During fertilization, a sperm cell and an egg cell combine their genetic material of 23 chromosomes each. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This type of cell division is called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meiosis\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">meiosis<\/span><\/a>. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"290\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCL6d0OwKt8\" title=\"YouTube video player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A prokaryote is a cellular organism without a <a href=\"?p=383\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">nuclear membrane<\/span><\/a>, no <a href=\"?p=184\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">organelles in the cytoplasm<\/span><\/a> except for <a href=\"?p=383\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">ribosomes<\/span><\/a>. Its genetic material is single continuous strands forming coils or loops, like&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">primitive microorganisms,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">bacteria and blue-green algae.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A eukaryote is an organism that has a cell containing specialized organelles in the <a href=\"?p=383\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">cytoplasm<\/span><\/a>, a membrane-bound nucleus with genetic material organized into <a href=\"?p=607\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">chromosomes<\/span><\/a>, and an elaborate system of division by <a href=\"?p=384\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">mitosis<\/span><\/a> or meiosis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2014%20pics\/Celltypes.png\" width=\"333\" height=\"138\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; text-align: left;\">This is characteristic of all life forms except the prokaryotes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2021%20pics\/cells-organelles-mitochondria-chloroplasts-endoplasmic-reticulum-lysosomes.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"193\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The body plan of the mammalian embryo is shaped through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2383-9.epdf?sharing_token=6CTPmaB0oJ3QS_-A9xgNLtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NSCmqUSuJHe4XhZIb-L__zC8onKbdgY7mV5l41cG-hDJB2_C4K9DgSSl3PfAW_Xd5EjlCvEdsbrtM-EVut5Bs8kbsY9903hhb9rQIrfvuSQRKcPd2QoLlaOt4pikG__J2GNOrqqAeMfdD4XkUNwzAeIg0voAVu2JmxQWS3-ZBiSA%3D%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=elpais.com\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">process of gastrulation<\/span><\/a>, an early developmental event that transforms an isotropic group of cells into an ensemble of tissues that is ordered with reference to three orthogonal axes. The biologist <a href=\"https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/science-tech\/2024-05-08\/the-fusion-of-two-sisters-into-a-single-woman-suggests-that-human-identity-is-not-in-our-dna.html#?rel=lom\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Alfonso Mart&iacute;nez Arias<\/span><\/a> defends that genes do not define the uniqueness of an individual.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The altruistic cell: &ldquo;An organism is the work of cells. Genes merely provide materials for their work,&rdquo; he says in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.es\/Master-Builder-Science-Rewriting-Story\/dp\/139980992X\/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_ES=&Aring;M&Aring;\u00c5\u00bd&Otilde;&Ntilde;&amp;crid=1W34I4JWBT24A&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ds_YeYX_ZHIzgsp1yfMWtR1DCi6B3TvKeO7-14J9id93FTWRvB6bkH_fe_f4xyaSqc_qloNbFaolPdUmogF_WXhyJcD2GeceSjY1uWoXVOIrCruR_OPbUw47lV-CIIQopkWamelTNdZx37ThUxAaMCH0cGwI8-e2nt8vvJz8n5mbIjTJOwoV_47m2lC1h9A46rQPSyFHND913VWhIDz_EMbsGrCaU3xBndel7tbfTN8u9SaAZy__PVc7lnAtTYWvrypFaZiKOHFLz_3ZZWfmVizkGSf3o91zVGpidt9qPRQ.cs0dTeK8E4GXkMbQBWJZj_ndTLmp2bhnMcJDq5ub0FM&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=THE+MASTER+BUILDER&amp;qid=1715713086&amp;sprefix=the+master+builder%2Caps%2C129&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">The Master Builder<\/span><\/a>, a book he published. He concluded that the DNA sequence of an individual is not an instruction manual or a construction plan for their body, but a box of tools and materials for the true architect of life: the cell. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2024-pics\/Cell-master-builder.jpg\" width=\"111\" height=\"155\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&ldquo;Gastruloids are proof that a confederation of 400 cells has the ability to  work together, interpret signals from each other and the environment and  choose which genes to use and when. If the 400 are not there, the dance of gastrulation does not begin. They all have the same DNA molecule in their nucleus, but each cell reads only a few sections, specializing in certain tasks.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/URUJD5NEXC8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=383\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cells: the Basic Building Blocks of all living things There are about 100 trillion cells in the human flora (skin, gut, etc.) of which 90% are bacteria, mostly rendered harmless by the immune system. 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